Guess I finally accepted the Olympus 8080WZ. I had some problems when I started: camera freezing (due to a slow card of 1GB, changed to Sandisk extreme 512 and no more probs), batteries running low quite quickly (after some 5 reloads they last more than 180 fullsize jpg with preview each time, so that was a new battery problem) and focusing problems (set from iESP to spot usually does the trick).
Yet I usually set light metering to -.35, even .70 on some subjects.
The main problem for me is the manual focus, which is electrical, and not manual. And I do miss the extreme wide-angle...
Anyways: it's worth its money, and not only for reproductions in catalogues (saves me 4x5inch slides each time).
This is a reduced size detail from a fish from the Aquarium of La Rochelle.
A little curves, and a tiny bit of unsharp mask due to the reduction.
Yet I usually set light metering to -.35, even .70 on some subjects.
The main problem for me is the manual focus, which is electrical, and not manual. And I do miss the extreme wide-angle...
Anyways: it's worth its money, and not only for reproductions in catalogues (saves me 4x5inch slides each time).
This is a reduced size detail from a fish from the Aquarium of La Rochelle.
A little curves, and a tiny bit of unsharp mask due to the reduction.